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Topic: How to Use SCG's Compost Tea (Read 3339 times)

Is usually available on the weekends. Free to Sunshine Gardeners, Check in the north greenhouse, there will be a sign outside if there is a fresh batch of compost tea.

Compost tea can be used as either a soil drench or a foliar spray. The tea should be diluted approximately 10:1 before use, so 1/2 gallon should be more than enough for your plot! The tea should be used within 8 hours after bottling. The millions of live microorganisms in the tea use up available oxygen very quickly in the confines of a small container where they can go dormant.

Benefits of using of aerobic compost tea include:

Improved plant growth as a result of protecting plant surfaces with beneficial organisms which occupy infection sites and prevent disease-causing organisms from finding the plant

Improved nutrient retention and water retention in the soil

Improved plant nutrition by increasing nutrient availability in the root system

Improved uptake of nutrients through the foliage while at the same time reducing evaporative loss from the leaf surface